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“Placing bees in position at Palmerston North September 1896”. John Hobbs, and his brother, Arthur, shifted 100 moveable apiary hives from the Wanganui district to Kairanga, siting them on Aorangi Road on land leased from Mr Carroll. By 1901 the brothers had 6 apiaries distributed throughout the Kairanga.

Identification

Object type
Image
Relation
Public Photograph Collection Ka 20
Date
September 1896
Digitisation ID
2007N_Ka20_RTL_0818
Held In
Coolstore

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Taxonomy

Tags
beekeeper,
bees,
hives,
honey,
photographs,
rural towns and life,
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Mr Charles E Wildbore's Apiary at Pohangina
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